Brown coal and imports dominate as near-calm winds and heavy cloud limit renewables during the early morning ramp.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 11%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 22%
51%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.0 GW
Solar
26.5 GW
Total generation
-13.2 GW
Net import
115.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.2°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
87% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
344
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 5.9 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a cluster of mid-sized industrial plants with wood-chip conveyors and modest stacks in the left-centre; natural gas 4.0 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat shimmer; wind onshore 3.7 GW appears as a scattered row of five three-blade turbines on a ridgeline in the right-centre, rotors barely turning in near-still air; hard coal 3.1 GW sits behind the gas plants as a traditional power station with rectangular cooling tower and coal bunker; solar 3.0 GW is rendered as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflectionless under thick cloud; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines on a hazy horizon line at far right; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley fold at far left. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light at 06:00 in May — no direct sun, only a faint pale luminescence along the eastern horizon behind low stratus clouds at 87% cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is 5.2°C: fresh spring foliage on scattered birch and beech trees is pale green but the grass is dew-soaked and cool-toned. Sodium-orange industrial lighting still glows on the coal and gas facilities. High-voltage transmission pylons stretch across the middle distance, symbolizing the heavy import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — with rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, moody chiaroscuro, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and PV module. No text, no labels.